Gwen Richard of McKinney Taylor speaking during an ABOTA webinar on presenting direct testimony from the plaintiff and the defendant. Image from video Gwen Richard of McKinney Taylor in Houston, Texas ...

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Direct examination lies at the heart of every trial. That is where the parties tell their story. But while law libraries abound with books about cross-examination, few writers address direct ...

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to attend every day of a civil trial, and then interview all of the jurors at the end of their service. I planned out a very comprehensive interview for each of ...

From a legal point of view, there are two kinds of questions. OK, maybe four, but the latter two are really riffs on the basic two. Questions on direct examination are a species of their own and ...